Friday, February 26, 2010

Happy Birthday, Tex Avery

Whatever modest snippet of humanity reads this blog very likely not only knows the legend of innovative and outrageous animator Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery, born in Taylor, Texas on February 26, 1908, but owns DVD copies of every cartoon he directed for Warner Brothers and MGM. That said, if you happen to stumble upon here in those rambling cyberspace travels and have a bit of free time, enjoy this fine documentary about Tex - a cinematic comic genius if there ever was one - produced by John Needham for TBS in 1988.

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About Me

I'm a writer and film historian who has programmed classic film events in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years. These include the Pre-Code Follies at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and the KFJC Psychotronix Film Festivals at Foothill College.